Wetzlar\/Jena\/Ditzingen \u2014 The TRUMPF Group, one of the worl\u00add\u2019s leading high-tech compa\u00adnies for machine tools, lasers and elec\u00adtro\u00adnics for indus\u00adtrial appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons, has acqui\u00adred an 80 percent stake in Active Fiber Systems GmbH (AFS), a fiber laser specia\u00adlist based in Jena, Germany. AFS was advi\u00adsed by sonn\u00adtag corpo\u00adrate finance GmbH, one of the leading M&A consul\u00adtancies in the German SME sector. Fabian Schmidt and his team of experts for tran\u00adsac\u00adtions in the high-tech sector were respon\u00adsi\u00adble for the project.<\/p>\n
AFS, based in Jena, Thurin\u00adgia, deve\u00adlops and manu\u00adfac\u00adtures ultras\u00adhort pulse fiber laser systems, which are mainly used in science and rese\u00adarch. The company, which today has 37 employees, was foun\u00added in 2009 as a spin-off of the Fraun\u00adho\u00adfer IOF Jena and the Insti\u00adtute of Applied Physics at Fried\u00adrich Schil\u00adler Univer\u00adsity Jena. In addi\u00adtion to basic rese\u00adarch, appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons include the gene\u00adra\u00adtion of extre\u00admely short-wave\u00adlength light with high cohe\u00adrence, bio-medi\u00adcal imaging, and mate\u00adri\u00adals proces\u00adsing. \u201cAFS works very close to rese\u00adarch and deve\u00adlops laser systems at the highest level,\u201d Schmidt said. \u201cTRUMPF is the ideal buyer here, preser\u00adving AFS\u2019 strengths in its excel\u00adlent envi\u00adron\u00adment and jointly streng\u00adthening its posi\u00adti\u00adons in scien\u00adti\u00adfic, indus\u00adtrial and medi\u00adcal lasers.\u201d<\/p>\n
Through the majo\u00adrity share\u00adhol\u00adding, TRUMPF will in the future prima\u00adrily focus on crea\u00adting synergy effects in rese\u00adarch as well as further deve\u00adlo\u00adping its own ultras\u00adhort pulse laser port\u00adfo\u00adlio. Over\u00adall, the busi\u00adness is to be expan\u00added in the growing segment for science and indus\u00adtrial appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons. Foun\u00added in 1923 and based in Ditzin\u00adgen, Baden-W\u00fcrt\u00adtem\u00adberg, Germany, the TRUMPF Group is repre\u00adsen\u00adted by more than 70 subsi\u00addia\u00adries in almost all Euro\u00adpean count\u00adries, in North and South America, and in Asia, and is a leader in machine tools for flexi\u00adble sheet metal proces\u00adsing and in indus\u00adtrial lasers. In 2020\/21 the Group gene\u00adra\u00adted sales of 3.5 billion euros with around 14,800 employees.<\/p>\n
About the Trumpf Group<\/strong><\/p>\n Our task is to further deve\u00adlop and digi\u00adtally network produc\u00adtion tech\u00adno\u00adlogy, to make it even more econo\u00admical, precise and future-proof \u2014 that is . In doing so, we want to make produc\u00adtion and its upstream and down\u00adstream proces\u00adses more effi\u00adci\u00adent. We are buil\u00adding the indus\u00adtrial world of tomor\u00adrow. We are the market and tech\u00adno\u00adlogy leader in machine tools and lasers for indus\u00adtrial manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adring, and our inno\u00adva\u00adtions are effec\u00adtive in almost every indus\u00adtry. Our soft\u00adware solu\u00adti\u00adons pave the way to the smart factory, and in indus\u00adtrial elec\u00adtro\u00adnics we enable high-tech proces\u00adses. (Sales Euro 3.5 billion in fiscal 2020\/21.). www.trumpf.com<\/p>\n About sonn\u00adtag corpo\u00adrate finance In the Refi\u00adni\u00adtiv League Table 2021, sonn\u00adtag corpo\u00adrate finance ranks 11th and is thus once again one of the most active M&A consul\u00adting bouti\u00adques in the medium-sized segment. www.sonntagcf.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Wetzlar\/Jena\/Ditzingen \u2014 The TRUMPF Group, one of the worl\u00add\u2019s leading high-tech compa\u00adnies for machine tools, lasers and elec\u00adtro\u00adnics for indus\u00adtrial appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons, has acqui\u00adred an 80 percent stake in Active Fiber Systems GmbH (AFS), a fiber laser specia\u00adlist based in Jena, Germany. AFS was advi\u00adsed by sonn\u00adtag corpo\u00adrate finance GmbH, one of the leading M&A consultancies [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":39509,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[886,1364,1366,1372,1377],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-en","category-featured-en","category-news-en","category-consultant","category-corporate-finance-ma"],"yoast_head":"\n
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\nsonn\u00adtag corpo\u00adrate finance GmbH, based in Wetz\u00adlar, Hesse, is one of the leading M&A consul\u00adtancies for German medium-sized compa\u00adnies. The team of almost 30 experts accom\u00adpa\u00adnies medium-sized entre\u00adpre\u00adneurs exclu\u00adsi\u00advely through the entire sales process. \u201cOur task is to safe\u00adguard life\u2019s work,\u201d is how we see oursel\u00adves. In the process, custo\u00admers bene\u00adfit from a unique approach that has won multi\u00adple awards from the busi\u00adness press, with an anony\u00admi\u00adzed bidding process that provi\u00addes special protec\u00adtion for the iden\u00adtity of their compa\u00adnies. At the begin\u00adning of 2021, succes\u00adsion plan\u00adning was carried out in-house with a so-called manage\u00adment buy-out by team. The take\u00adover by an eight-strong manage\u00adment team headed by mana\u00adging direc\u00adtors Patrick Seip and Julian Will ensu\u00adres that consul\u00adting services will conti\u00adnue to be provi\u00added at eye level in the future.<\/p>\n